The committees of the House of Representatives will receive several petitions on Tuesday, March 3, as they do every parliamentary week. Citizens and organizations wishing to voice their opinions come to the House of Representatives building to submit these petitions. This time, members of parliament will receive four petitions.

The petition submission takes place between 1:15 PM and 2:00 PM in the central hall of the House of Representatives, the Statenpassage. Citizens and organizations offer the petitions to various committees. Members of those committees come to the Statenpassage to receive the petitions.

Petitions on Tuesday, March 3

  • 1:15 PM: petition Everyone counts about promoting the inclusion of children with disabilities in developing countries by the Liliane Fonds to the Committee on Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation;
  • 1:30 PM: petition Improve care for people with disabilities by BPSW, the professional association of social work professionals, and caregivers in disability care to the Committee on Health, Welfare and Sport;
  • 1:45 PM: petition Save hotline 144 - ongoing help for animals in distress by the Royal Dutch Society for the Protection of Dogs to the Committee on Justice and Security;
  • 1:45 PM: petition Dont Let the Netherlands Sink! about tackling soil subsidence and foundation problems by the Slappe Bodem platform to the Committee on Housing and Spatial Planning. 

What is a petition?

A petition is a way for citizens and organizations to make their voices heard. The petition can be about government plans the submitters disagree with or about a topic they feel receives too little attention in Parliament.

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Besides voting in elections, there are other ways for citizens to influence politics; the petition is one of them. Read more on How Parliament Works.